/GENERATE[=value]

    Generates a list of five random passwords. Press Return to repeat
    the procedure until a suitable password appears.

    There are two password generators, an alphabetic generator and a
    mixed-case generator. The alphabetic generator attempts to produce
    English-like non-words. The mixed-case generator produces passwords
    containing upper case, lower case, numbers and non-white-space symbols.
    The mixed-case generator makes no attempt to produce memorable or
    easy-to-pronounce passwords.

    Accounts without the PwdMix flag set will use the alphabetic generator
    by default and those with the PwdMix flag set will use the mixed-
    case generator by default.  To select a specific generator, use
    the /ALGORITHM qualifier.

    Value is a number from 1 to 32 that restricts the length of the
    password. For any value n, the SET PASSWORD command generates
    alphabetic passwords of from n to (n+2) characters long. As a
    consequence, values of 30, 31 or 32 are treated as 30 and thus it
    is possible that a request for a 31 or 32-character generated
    password may result in some passwords shorter than requested.

    The mixed-case generator always generates passwords of the
    requested length.

    If your system manager has established a minimum password length
    for your account, SET PASSWORD/GENERATE=n compares that length
    with the optional value specified with the /GENERATE qualifier,
    and uses the larger of the two values. If you do not specify a
    value with the /GENERATE qualifier, the account minimum length is
    used.

                                   NOTE

       If the SET PASSWORD/GENERATE command fails to work properly,
       consult your system manager to be sure that either the file
       SYS$LIBRARY:VMS$PASSWORD_DICTIONARY.DATA exists, or the
       logical name VMS$PASSWORD_DICTIONARY is correctly defined.